Detection of hepatitis a virus RNA from children patients with acute and fulminant hepatitis of unknown etiology in Vietnam: Genomic characterization of Vietnamese HAV strain

Pediatrics International

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 624-627

  Hoang, Phuc Le ^a   Trong, Khanh Huu ^a   Tran, Tung Thanh ^a   Huy, Tran Thien Tuan ^b   Abe, Kenji ^b  

^a Children's Hospital No 1   (Viet Nam)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Fulminant hepatitis; Hepatitis A virus; Vietnam; Vietnamese HAV strain

Indexed keywords

VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIET NAM; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; VIETNAM;

EID: 52449132348     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02626.x     Document Type: Article

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